Development of electrochemical assays for monitoring microbial water quality and coordination with an engineering team to adapt assays to portable
and automated biosensor formats

Development of Luminex xMAP™ assays for bacterial indicators of fecal pollution and source tracking markers in coastal waters and sand

Analyze methods of sample concentration and nucleic acid extraction, including methods to target multiple types of organisms
(e.g., protists, bacteria, virus) in order to increase sensitivity of downstream molecular methods

Selected Awards:

NOAA Technology Transfer Award, 2012
Exemplary activities that promote the domestic transfer of science and technology developed within NOAA and result in the use
of such science and technology by American industry or business, universities, State or local Government, or other non-Federal parties."For exceptional leadership in developing and transferring Microbial Source Tracking tools to identify coastal waters contamination
sources and allowing city and county managers to devise mitigation strategies to restore water quality, decrease risks to human health,
and preserve coastal economies.

Point of Contact for NOAA Strategy, Evaluation and Execution (SEE) process for AOML's Ocean Chemistry Division.
Responds to calls for data/documents/spending plans/strategic planning in order to represent AOML interests and activities

Authored a segment for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Ocean Today Kiosk. The segment "Healthy Beaches"
was finalized by NOAA Oceans and Human Health office, and is featured at the Smithsonian Ocean Hall. The video can be sent at
http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/healthybeaches/welcome.html